Jamaica man pleads guilty for possessing over 6,000 images of child porn

By Victoria Merlino

A Jamaica resident pleaded guilty on Thursday to possessing over 6,000 images of children being sexually abused, including infants, as well as images of the resident having sex with a dog. 

Vishal Lalbeharry, 31, had four laptops, four cellphones and five hard drives that stored thousands of images of sexually abused children ranging from infants to 10 years old, according to court records. Some photos showed children as young as six months being abused by adult men and women. Additionally, he had 16 video recordings of himself having sex with a dog. 

“This defendant has now admitted to having a horrid collection of downloaded images of children — including little babies — being defiled in the most horrific and sickening ways,” Acting District Attorney John Ryan said in a statement. “The images accumulated by this defendant contained some of the most heinous abuse imaginable. It can not be stressed enough — pictures and videos of children being sexually abused are crime scene images and the youngsters are crime victims.”

Lalbeharry pleaded guilty to 17,725 charges related to promoting child sex abuse and possessing images of child sex abuse. 

He faces two years in prison, as well as three years of post-release supervision and a lifetime on the sex offender registry.